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Help us finish 2025 strong, and start 2026 rootedThanks to incredible support from people like you, 2025 was a good year. FOGFLP continued to advocate for legislation to designate Gwynns Falls-Leakin Park as a City-State Partnership park; expanded our hands-on trail maintenance and cleanup; and welcomed more historically excluded community members to park events. |
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Meet our new Executive Director |
As we enter a pivotal year for Gwynns Falls Leakin Park, we’re proud to introduce the new leader of our movement — Pickett Slater Harrington. A Maryland Master Naturalist, civic leader, and passionate advocate for equity in the outdoors, Pickett brings more than two decades of experience in community engagement, public service, and environmental stewardship. He joins Friends of Gwynns Falls Leakin Park with a bold, community-powered vision for 2026 — focused on building a park that is welcoming, well-cared for, and shaped by the people who love it. |
Vision & Priorities for 2026We will be focused on the state–city partnership which will advance in Annapolis. In addition our 2026 work will be guided by three pillars. PILLAR 1: ACCESS & INCLUSION - A park that is open, welcoming, safe, and usable for all people and all neighborhoods. PILLAR 2: CARE & BEAUTIFUL SPACES - A park that is safe, clean, restorative, and maintained to the highest standard. PILLAR 3: ENGAGED COMMUNITY & ADVOCACY - A park shaped and protected by the people who use it |
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UPcoming Events in Gwynns Falls-Leakin Park
We share the best happenings in the park — from our own programs to select partner events. Sign up for our newsletter and get a monthly round-up delivered right to your inbox.
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1/1 First Day HikeCome out and start 2026 with us in one of Baltimore's greatest treasures - the 2nd largest urban woodland in the country. We have two options to suit every hiker's style - laid back or vigorous |
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EcologySituated in the eastern division of the Piedmont, the Park has steep gradients with rapids, falls, and abrupt valley walls rising from the Gwynns Falls and Dead Run stream valleys. With a 300-foot difference in elevation from the stream valleys to the ridge tops, the Park's highest elevation is 403 feet above sea level. This ecology has meant lush forests, rushing streams, abundant wildlife for Gwynns Falls Leakin Park. Find out more about, and contribute to our understanding of the ecology of the Park... READ MORE | History
Gwynns Falls/Leakin Park-one contiguous parkland with two names--comprises one of the largest woodland parks in an eastern United States city. Consisting of over 1000 acres, this is by far Baltimore's most extensive park, stretching from the western city line along the valley of the Gwynns Falls and its tributaries all the way to Wilkens Avenue.
 |  RecreationThere's no shortage of things to do in Gwynns Falls Leakin Park! For starters there are bike trails, hiking trails, playing fields, tennis courts, basketball courts, and even miniature train rides. Not to mention a world class outdoor classroom and adventure center as well as the area's premier avian rescue facility and nature center. See the full list of what you can do in the park... |
On the western edge of Baltimore, right where Interstate 70 terminates.
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| Mailing Address: Friends of Gwynns Falls/Leakin Park 5214 Windsor Mill Rd Gwynn Oak MD 21207 |
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